Hate to say this, but he isn’t even as good as eric duncan. Duncan actually hit pretty good in AA. Mason Williams hasn’t even hit well since he was in regular A. Tampa was too much for him to begin with, .676 ops is pretty bad with those that disagree.

Tom

Time to pull the plug on Culver the SS and see if he can pitch?

A real nice outing (or at last a nice looking pitching line) by Severino. I actually hope they move him through the system relatively slow and have his innings built up by the time he is hitting AA. I know folks tend to think they are too slow promoting guys, but I think they move pitchers through the lower levels too fast.

http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ ALZ

They are trying to wait as long as they can, because he has way more value as a shortstop. Is not like he will turn into a top flight pitcher. With all the development time you are probably talking about a middle reliever at max, not really a whole lot to be gained there.

UWS NYY

With the revolving door in the major league bullpen, when do we suppose Montgomery or Burawa get a call? Surely Claiborne’s leash is getting mighty short…

hornblower

Nice to see the system has some good hitting prospects. No need do anything with Culver. Tampa needs a ss until the low A guys are ready.

Ghost

Luis Severino Keeps rolling I like. Though, nothing replaces the man crush that is Phil Hughes circa 2006. Just browsed that stats at fangraph that season in AA. Good times *Tear*

W.B. Mason Williams

Gary Sanchez is my lighthouse in the storm.

Guide us to salvation, o #1 prospect.

The Other Matt

Mason Williams is really tearing it up this year in Trenton.

Robert

Slade,Mason and Tyler 3 major outfield disappointments. They are the reason we have the 3 elder statesmen Carlos,Ichiro and Alphonso in the Bronx.
Good luck to Zmont in the Bronx.

Hoping Judge,Cave and the rest of the A hopefuls move up fast!

Coolerking101

2/3 of those fellas are disappointments largely b/c they can’t stay healthy. Who knows what’s going on with Williams. It’s a long season. All we can do is hope he puts it together in the second half of the season.

morris

not going to happen.Unless we get rid of Newman and Oppenheimer and change the organizational structure we continue to flounder.

Donnybaseball72

Maybe Mason Williams needs to go back to Tampa and fixe his swing.

http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ ALZ

The thing is that he couldn’t hit in tampa to begin with. .676 ops isn’t really enough to warrant a level up.

hey now

Gary Sanchez didn’t have a catcher’s interference, so there’s that.

Scott

With all the outfielders stalling at AA / AAA do you think it is a development problem? Perhaps the Yanks need to address their minor league coaching staff.

Their pitchers seem to do the same too, cruise through Low A/ High A, then stall in AA or get hurt. Who do you put the blame on?

http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ ALZ

AA is the real hurdle. Across baseball proving yourself in AA is when you actually show that your a real prospect. Isn’t really surprising that several of them are struggling. Flores/Refsnyder/Sanchez are all doing really good in AA/AAA though.